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[bacasper]

[Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee]

Most devastating loss in NFL history.

[bacasper]

[wannago]

The Patriots' O-line played way over their heads most of the season. Undersized and not necessarily that athletic, they finally found a team that soundly beat them at the LOS. I'm just surprised that they weren't beaten earlier and more often.

[frenchytml]

great game..one to remember!
giants' DL was unbelievable and helped win me a bunch of money on sports interaction!

I wonder how injured brady actually was?? Furthermore, how did he feel during the game after being beaten to a bloody pulp!

[bacasper]

[CentralCali]

So, how did he cheat?

[Rteacher]

Since the Patriots were accused of cheating (filming other teams practices which is practically part of the game even at the high school level - which I know firsthand ...) right from the start of the season, they were probably the least likely to have cheated this year.

And like a true (good for shyt) politician, Arlen Specter wants to use taxpayer money to re-investigate alleged "illegal" filming by the Patriots - dating back to the 2002 Superbowl win against St. Louis (a matter which the NFL considers settled ...)http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/sports/football/04notebook.html?ref=football

I wouldn't consider the Pats' loss to be the "most crushing defeat in NFL history" "Crushing" implies destruction or domination...

Overall, the teams were practically equal, and that amazing catch was the key play of the game.

It was more of a Giants' win than a Pats defeat - I think that New England did all they could to win, and they fell just short.

Disappointing loss for them? - yes. Crushing? - No.

The Baltimore Colts defeat at the hands of the upstart New York Jets (and "Broadway" Joe Namath) was probably the most "crushing" defeat in NFL history because it destroyed the myth of AFL inferiority (and Namath's bold prediction was akin to "Cassius Clay" taunting heavy favorite Sonny Liston before defeating him...)

(Btw, while Otto Graham was from another era, I would consider the Colts' Johnny Unitas to be a modern NFL quarterback ...)

[stillnotking]

Most devastating loss in NFL history? Nah. The Pats were overrated and Brady was hurt (and clearly feeling it). I said all along it'd be a close game.

"Most devastating line set in NFL history", maybe.

[Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee]

I thought it would be a close game too (the Pats were not dominant in their other superbowls ) but what the Patriots lost can not be stated.

[mistermasan]

the pats didn't just film practices, they filmed walk thrus, which are the practices the night before the game. these are closed practices. remember when the pats pulled a great upset against the rams a few years back? the rams have a multi-look O. they inserted some plays they had never run before just for theSB. they only ever practiced these plays in the walk thru. but on the very next day, the pats defense was calling out these play alignments before the plays were ever run.

how do you ID something you have never seen before so quickly unless you've seen it before? mike martz had an interesting quote about all this and why he never brought it up. he said everyone would just claim sour grapes.

cheaters.

[CentralCali]

If it's a closed practice, how did an outsider get in to film it?

[Rteacher]

Football is a game that intrinsically involves war stratregy.

In a sense, it's true that "All's fair in love or war" (if you can get away with it ... )

Every team has its spies, and some are better than others.

I vaguely recall that my high school coach would send assistants to clandestinely spy on opposing teams practices' - including walk-throughs, I think ...

Even an unwarlike sport like baseball often involves elaborate efforts to steal signals ...

Of course, it's another matter if organized crime is involved, and the spying is somehow used to serve their large-scale gambling interests ...